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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Simple log question...
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On 2005-08-21 21:58, Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi guys, quick question here...
>
> I noticed on some peoples desktop they have a transparent log file
> running in the backround thats constently updated..
>
> Like in this openbsd screen.
>
> http://www.lphp.org/img/snap.png

That would be sysutils/roottail :-)

> I would like to do something similar on my FreeBSD box--- anyone know
> of a program or a way to do this? Can you choose which log?

Yes.  You can certainly choose which log.  You can run roottail much
like tail -f on any file.